Morley South | |
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Morley South highlighted within Leeds | |
Population | 18,284 (2023 electorate) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Morley South is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in south west Leeds, West Yorkshire, covering the town of Morley and west Tingley.
The Morley South ward includes the majority of the civil parish of Morley, except for its north western section sitting in Morley North ward. The entire parish is also overseen by Morley Town Council.
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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1973 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | Ted Hewitt (Lab) | Stuart Welham (Lab) | |||
1975 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | Ted Hewitt (Lab) | Stuart Welham (Lab) | |||
1976 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | B. Broadbent (Con) | Stuart Welham (Lab) | |||
1978 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | B. Broadbent (Con) | Stuart Welham (Lab) | |||
1979 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | B. Broadbent (Con) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1980 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1982 | Bernard Haydn (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1983 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1984 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1986 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1987 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1988 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1990 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1991 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1992 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Keith Burnley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1994 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1995 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1996 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1998 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
1999 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
2000 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
2002 | Ray Mitchell (Lab) | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
2003 | Debra Coupar (Lab) [lower-alpha 1] [4] | Sherry Bradley (Lab) | Bryan North (Lab) | |||
2004 | Judith Elliott (MBI) [5] | Terry Grayshon (MBI) [6] | Gareth Beevers (MBI) | |||
2006 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Terry Grayshon (MBI) | Christopher Beverley (BNP) [7] | |||
2007 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Terry Grayshon (MBI) | Christopher Beverley (BNP) | |||
2008 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Terry Grayshon (MBI) | Christopher Beverley (BNP) | |||
2010 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Terry Grayshon (MBI) | Shirley Varley (MBI) [8] | |||
2011 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) [9] | Shirley Varley (MBI) | |||
2012 | Judith Elliott (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Shirley Varley (MBI) | |||
2014 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) [lower-alpha 2] | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Shirley Varley (MBI) | |||
2015 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Shirley Varley (MBI) | |||
2016 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Shirley Varley (MBI) | |||
2018 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Wyn Kidger (MBI) | |||
2019 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) | Neil Dawson (Lab) | Wyn Kidger (MBI) | |||
2021 | Judith Elliott MBE (MBI) | Jane Senior (MBI) | Wyn Kidger (MBI) | |||
2022 | Oliver Newton* (MBI) | Jane Senior* (MBI) | Wyn Kidger* (MBI) | |||
2023 | Oliver Newton (MBI) | Jane Senior (MBI) | Wyn Kidger (MBI) | |||
2024 | Oliver Newton* (MBI) | Jane Senior* (MBI) | Wyn Kidger* (Ind) |
indicates seat up for re-election. * indicates incumbent councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Jane Senior* | 2,221 | 38.0 | −3.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Charlotte Hill | 1,824 | 31.2 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Alexander Giles | 560 | 9.6 | −5.2 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 521 | 8.9 | ±0.0 | |
Reform UK | James Kendall | 407 | 7.0 | New | |
Independent | Phil Bennett | 192 | 3.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mihai Barticel | 93 | 1.6 | −2.2 | |
SDP | Nigel Perry | 8 | 0.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 397 | 6.8 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,878 | 32.4 | +4.7 | ||
Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independents | Wyn Kidger* | 2,094 | 41.4 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Bailey Bradley | 1,510 | 29.8 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Charles George | 749 | 14.8 | −4.8 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 450 | 8.9 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mihai Barticel | 191 | 3.8 | +1.5 | |
SDP | Andrew Martin | 41 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 584 | 11.5 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,062 | 27.7 | −4.5 | ||
Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independents | Oliver Newton | 2,321 | 39.6 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Bailey Bradley | 1,769 | 30.2 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Lalit Suryawanshi | 1,150 | 19.6 | −7.7 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 470 | 8.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Penny Goodman | 137 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 552 | 9.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,857 | 32.2 | −3.3 | ||
Morley Borough Independents hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Jane Senior | 2,127 | 33.1 | −17.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Burnham | 1,754 | 27.3 | +14.7 | |
Labour | Bailey Bradley | 1,689 | 26.3 | +0.1 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 608 | 9.5 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Andrews | 110 | 1.7 | −1.1 | |
SDP | Joshua Sturgeon | 104 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 373 | 5.8 | −18.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,431 | 35.5 | +8.0 | ||
Morley Borough Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger* | 2,403 | 50.5 | +10.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Pete Compton | 1,248 | 26.2 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Lewis Jones | 601 | 12.6 | −1.1 | |
Green | Chris Bell | 375 | 7.9 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Andrews | 129 | 2.8 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,145 | 24.3 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,811 | 27.5 | −3.2 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,500 | 40.4 | −2.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Neil Dawson* | 2,102 | 34.0 | +5.5 | |
Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger | 2,082 | |||
Morley Borough Independent | Robert Finnigan | 2,028 | |||
Labour Co-op | Charlotte Hill | 1,799 | |||
Labour Co-op | Luke Mitchell | 1,712 | |||
Conservative | Rachel Oldham | 848 | 13.7 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Jermaine Sanwoolu | 698 | |||
Green | Chris Bell | 583 | 9.4 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Jas Singh | 547 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Smith | 148 | 2.4 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 398 | 7.5 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,309 | 30.7 | −0.1 | ||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,188 | 43.2 | +18.0 | |
Labour | Sarah Keig | 1,445 | 28.5 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | David Kent | 687 | 13.6 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Jane Eastwood | 547 | 10.8 | +10.0 | |
Green | Christopher Bell | 145 | 2.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aqila Choudhry | 55 | 1.1 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 743 | 14.7 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 5.067 | 30.8 | |||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Dawson* | 3,071 | 30.5 | −2.9 | |
Morley Borough Independent | Wyn Kidger | 2,523 | 25.0 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Tempest | 2,096 | 20.8 | +9.2 | |
UKIP | Lindon Dove | 1,708 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Green | Claire Hawker | 370 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Durno MacArthur | 203 | 2.0 | −0.8 | |
TUSC | Neil Cussons | 107 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 548 | 5.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,078 | 60.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Shirley Varley* | 1,967 | |||
Labour | Mark Sewards | 1,293 | |||
UKIP | Lindon Dove | 1,279 | |||
Conservative | Kathleen Tempest | 489 | |||
Green | Bluebell Eikonoklastes | 116 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Gagen | 71 | |||
TUSC | Neil Cussons | 51 | |||
Majority | 674 | ||||
Turnout | 5,266 | 31.93 | |||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Judith Elliott* | 2,690 | 50.0 | +17.4 | |
Labour | Kathryn Rose | 1,507 | 28.0 | −5.5 | |
English Democrat | Chris Beverley | 811 | 15.1 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | John McKee | 376 | 7.0 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 1,183 | 22.0 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,384 | ||||
Morley Borough Independent hold | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Dawson | 2,129 | 33.4 | +9.9 | |
Morley Borough Independent | Terry Grayshon* | 2,076 | 32.6 | +5.9 | |
English Democrat | Chris Beverley | 1,245 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Neil Hunt | 736 | 11.6 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Jacques | 180 | 2.8 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 53 | 0.8 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,366 | 38 | |||
Labour gain from Morley Borough Independent | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Morley Borough Independent | Shirley Varley | 2,837 | 26.7 | −17.0 | |
Labour | Rob Wilkinson | 2,497 | 23.5 | +10.1 | |
BNP | Chris Beverley* | 2,246 | 21.2 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Haigh | 1,880 | 17.7 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Skinner | 1,149 | 10.8 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 340 | 3.2 | −11.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,609 | 64.2 | +26.5 | ||
Morley Borough Independent gain from BNP | Swing | -13.5 |
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